2019: What’s In Store For Tamagotchi?
It is not very common these days for Bandai to release a new device every year, and Bandai has just re-launched the Tamagotchi Original in late 2018, so whats in store for 2019? What would we like to see in the new year? We’ve got 9 months left, so let’s discuss.
The last all-new device that Bandai released outside of Japan was the Tamagotchi Friends device, and some parts got the successor, the Tamagotchi Friends Dream Town device. The Tamagotchi Friends device was released in late 2013 in Europe, and mid 2014 in the United States. The Tamagotchi Friends Dream Town device was released in early 2015 in select countries.
Following the release of the Tamagotchi Friends device was the re-release of the Tamagotchi Mini to kickoff the celebration of Tamagotchi’s 20th anniversary outside of Japan. This device featured original Tamagotchi shell designs, and the same programming as the 2006 models but with a new secret character, Bill!
After many different ‘waves’ or series’ of the Tamagotchi Mini, Bandai finally re-released the Tamagotchi Original to wrap up the 20th anniversary celebration outside of Japan. Finally fans are able to pick up the original model they fell in love with back in the late 90’s. The Tamagotchi Original is still available on the shelves of your favorite retailers, and is even being added to additional retailers for the year of 2019 due to increased interest and demand.
So what’s in store for 2019? Of course this article focuses on the countries outside of Japan, they were blessed with the fan favorite Tamagotchi Meets device and companion mobile application.
We do not think Bandai will make any big moves for the year of 2019 in terms of a new device. We would of course LOVE a color Tamagotchi device such as the Tamagotchi Meets be available outside of Japan, but that probably wont happen. We suspect that Bandai will continue manufacturing the Tamagotchi Original and Gudetama Tamagotchi devices for the remainder of the year.
We suspect that Bandai might bring the Eevee Tamagotchi outside of Japan, and fully translated. They definitely see the increased interest of this device and won’t want to miss an opportunity to sell a ton more. This would most likely happen around mid to late 2019.
This now brings us to 2020. It is very likely that we will see a new Tamagotchi outside of Japan for 2020! We would love nothing more than for Bandai to show off an all-new Tamagotchi at the New York Toy Fair for the year of 2020! This may not be a color Tamagotchi device, but if its as good, or better than the Tamagotchi Friends Dream Town - we are all about it!
So thats what we Bandai has in store for us this year, we cannot confirm any of this information with Bandai of course, but once we have official information you know we will keep you informed first! So what do you think Bandai has in store for us this year?